Mar 4, 2021 Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hoffmeister, right, presents Norman North High School teacher Jessica Eschbach a plaque for winning 2021 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year , Thursday, March 4, 2021, at Norman North High School. (Kyle Phillips / The Transcript)By Jesse Crittenden | Transcript Staff Writer More than two hours after Jessica Eschbach had learned she was the 2021 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year, she was still stunned. The Oklahoma State Department of Education announced that Eschbach had received the honor during a virtual ceremony Thursday morning. At a press conference at Norman North later that afternoon, she was still in disbelief that she had been chosen.